Posted on 11/26/2012 2:25:21 PM PST by Eleutheria5
According to a report in Army Radio, Feiglin placed 14 in the primaries, meaning he will be placed 15th on its Knesset’s list (Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu as party chairman has the number one spot).
The unofficial line-up, according to the report, is as follows (MKs who served in the outgoing Knesset and their positions, when applicable, in bold):
1.Education Minister Gidon Sa’ar
2.Environmental Minister Gilad Erdan
3.Vice Prime Minister Silvan Shalom
4.Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz
5.MK Danny Danon
6.Knesset Speaker MK Reuven Rivlin
7.Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Yaalon
8.Coalition chairman MK Ze’ev Elkin
9.MK Yariv Levin
10.Information and Diaspora Minister Yuli Edelstein
11.MK Haim Katz
12.MK Tzipi Hotovely
13.MK Miri Regev
14. Moshe Feiglin
15. Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz
16. Tzachi Hanegbi
17. Culture and Sport Minister Limor Livnat
18. MK Ofir Akunis
19. Deputy Minister Gila Gamliel
20. MK Carmel Shama-Hacohen
21. Minister Benny Begin
22. Kety Sheetrit
23.Home Front Defense Minister Avi Dichter
24.Minister Dan Meridor
The results mark a victory for the more nationalist members of the Likud, who took the higher spots on the list. It also means that members such as Begin and Meridor, who were considered to be more moderate, have gotten an unrealistic spot and will likely not be in the next Knesset.
Also left off the list was Minister Michael Eitan who ranked 30th, according to Army Radio.
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The Likud liberals close to Netanyahu (himself a moderate) have been pushed down to unrealistic places on the party list.
Only the first 25 or so candidates have a realistic prospect of winning a seat. I note the Israeli Left is not happy with the Likud's rightward shift.
Criticism coming from them is the highest form of praise. Haaretz, Israel's Palestinian daily in Hebrew, has already described the results of the Likud primaries as a "tectonic earthquake."
Likud voters did not like how Netanyahu handled the recent Gaza war and handed him a resounding defeat. His closest political allies will not be serving in the next Knesset due to be elected in January.
The bottom line: the good guys in Israel won big tonight.
I posted earlier how Bibi allies have done things to stop this guy. Once he got 20th spot and some Bibi ally complained and he was dropped to 36th..? How does that happen?
At what point would his 23% of Likud voters simply bolt?
Through the party primary.
In the old days, the party Central Committee used to choose the party’s ticket and it was rife with cronyism and corruption.
Its much more democratic now and Israel’s PR system ensures in practice none of the big parties will win even a quarter of the Knesset seats.
Another coalition government is going to happen next year. I’d like Naftali Bennett of Naional Union and the Religious Zionists to do much better this time around so they can be in the next government rather on the opposition benches.
That’s not going to happen this time. Once Israel Beitenu submits its candidate list, Feiglin should should be 16 or 17 on the list.
Its a good place to be. The party is not going to bump him off this time because it fears losing votes to its right.
They did it in the past and the Likud lost votes in 2009.
They can’t do it this year. There are not that many leftists in Israel’s Jewish electorate and Meretz may be well be shut out of the Knesset next year.
Every other party is trying to appeal to the middle, which is the swing Israeli voter. The Right collectively has around 30% of the vote, the Left has about 16% and the rest is centrist.
You took the word right out of my mouth!
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You so did not just ask that!
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Can this guy work with the religious parties? Since he opposes religious parties in principle?
The bottom line: the good guys in Israel won big tonight.
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